Christopher Orr (film critic)

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Christopher Orr
Born1967 (age 5657)
Occupation(s) Film critic, journalist

Christopher Orr (born 1967) is an American film critic and journalist. He was a senior editor at The Atlantic [1] from 2010 to 2019. In 2022, he became signature voices editor of the opinion section at The New York Times. [2]

Orr has also written for The New Republic , [3] Salon, [4] LA Weekly, [5] and The New York Sun . [6]

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